Drug addiction : learn about it before your kids do / Pierre André.

  • André, Pierre, 1946-
Date:
[1987]
  • Books

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Description

"Dr. Andre shows us addiction, with a specialized focus on cocaine, and how it takes hold of its victims. We learn the different types of addiction and what they do to us physically."--Provided by synopsis.

Publication/Creation

Pompano Beach, FL : Health Communications, [1987]

Physical description

xi, 120 pages ; 22 cm

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Related material

This item was donated as part of the DrugScope archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/DRS https://wellcomecollection.org/works/psspw62x

Notes

Copy 1. Donor: DrugScope.

Contents

Hooked on drugs -- Meaning of addiction -- Types of drug addicts -- What is crack? -- Drugs in the workplace -- Problems with drug screening -- Medical, psychiatric and social problems associated with cocaine addiction -- Causes of addition -- Hospitalization -- Roadblocks to treatment : denial -- Treatment -- Psychotherapy for cocaine addiction -- Abstinence and sobriety -- The family system -- Co-dependency -- Treatment : a change agent -- Treatment and the family -- Adolescence : period of turmoil -- Adolescent access to drugs -- Emphasis on education and prevention -- Sobriety pact.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-120).

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ISBN

  • 0932194583
  • 9780932194589